Introduction to Music Ch 12, 13

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Introduction to MusicCh 12, 13

• Nationalism
• Smetana, The Moldau
• Self-study guided listening
• Dvorak, Symphony No. 9, Mvt. 1
• Self-study guided listening

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Nationalism

• VIMP 19th C phenomenon
• Fostered by
• Neighboring nations vs Napoleon
• Englands Imperialism
• Nations unifying around central governments
  common language
• Middle class interests FOLK -dances,-instrument
  s, -music, -songs, -lore
• Intensified by Rom Emotionalism

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Nationalism

• in music
• Reflects society by using
• folk dances, tunes, rhythms, scales, instruments,
  etc.
• (Why do we say, That music sounds Spanish or
  It sounds Scotch, or Russian, or Irish ?)
• Affects society, e.g.
• Napoleon (France vs. Europe)
• Verdi (Northern Italy vs. Austria)
• Hitler (Germany vs. the world)
• Shostakovich (Russia vs. Soviet Union)

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Self-studyGuided Listening

• Smetana, The Moldau
• Dvorák, Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (From the New
  World), mvt 1

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Self-studyGuided Listening

• In the exercises that follow click the icon to
  play the excerpts using your CD in your computer.
  If you are at a location where the MP3 files
  play, you can click on the icon instead.

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Self-Guided Analysis of Smetanas, The Moldau

• You may work alone or in a group.
• Kamiens listening guide and ChartPlayer provide
  additional help.
• Answer all questions on the following slides,
  even the rhetorical ones.
• You may print the PowerPoint slides and answer
  the questions on them or make your own answer
  sheet.
• The analysis slides are numbered in the upper
  right corner in red.
• If you do not understand a question or
  instruction, ask about it because you will be
  accountable for the information.
• Once you have completed and checked your analysis
  you may consult with me about it.
• 5-8 exam questions will be taken directly from
  this study. The quality of your analysis will
  directly bear on your success in the final exam.

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Smetana, The MoldauKamien Listening log
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1 a b 2 3 a b 4 a b 5 a b
c d 6 7 a b 8 9 a b
Forest Hunt
River Th
Springs
River Th
Peasant Wedding
Water Nymphs
Vysehrad
River Th
The Rapids
CD 3Tks 34-41
Listen to the entire piece.
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The Moldau
2

• How many sections?
• Analyze The Moldaus form by assigning LETTERS to
  indicate if each section is a new idea or an old
  idea. (Start with A for The Springs.)
• How many contrasting musical ideas?
• Does your analysis produce a traditional form
  such as sonata, minuet trio, rondo, theme and
  variations, ABA, AABB?
• According to Kamien, which of the four genres of
  program music is The Moldau?
• Cite Kamiens language on pp. 244-45 that allows
  for a form such as the one your Maldaus analysis
  produced?

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The Moldau
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• 1. Explain how The Moldaus program (story)
  serves to unify the piece.
• What is the other unifier?______________
• 2. Explain how contrast is achieved.
• 3. Listen to the 3 iterations of the River theme
• 4. Is the theme easily recognized?
• 5. How does area 6 differ from section 2?
• 6. How does area 8 differ from the preceding two?
• 7. What elements or aspects of The Moldau express
  nationalism?
• 8. Explain its programmatic features.

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Log (Complete the log entries based on your
listening.)
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• Smetana
• The Moldau
• ? (genre)
• I
• program music
• expresses nationalism
• Unifiers
• ?
• ?
• Contrasters
• ?

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Dvorák

• Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (From the New World),
  mvt 1

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Self-Guided Analysis of Symphony No. 9 in E Minor
(From the New World), mvt 1

• You may work alone or in a group.
• Kamiens listening guide and ChartPlayer provide
  additional help.
• Answer all questions on the following slides,
  even the rhetorical ones.
• You may print the PowerPoint slides and answer
  the questions on them or make your own answer
  sheet.
• The analysis slides are numbered in the upper
  right corner in red.
• If you do not understand a question or
  instruction, ask about it, because you will be
  accountable for the information.
• Once you have completed and checked your analysis
  you may consult with me about it.
• 8-12 exam questions will be taken directly from
  this study. The quality of your analysis will
  directly bear on your success in the final exam.

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Self-Guided Analysis of Symphony No. 9 in E Minor
(From the New World), mvt 1 HELPS

• Abbreviations terms
• T theme
• B bridge
• Inst instrument
• standard means it conforms to or is consistent
  with the sonata form model we studied.
• When referring to T1, specify
• T1Qquestion only
• T1Aanswer only
• T1entire theme

• Devel device
• Repeat theme
• Fragment theme (and use part of it)
• Use imitation
• Add counter-melody
• Combine themes or parts of them
• Change tone color (instruments)
• Change dynamics
• Change themes rhythm
• Change themes character
• Change accompaniment
• Modulate or change mode (major-minor)

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Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (From the New
World), mvt 1
1

• Following is the sonata form that Dvorák uses

Intro Exposition Development Recapitulation
Coda T1 B T2 T3 What? T1 T2 T3
How?

• Note that the closing theme is labeled T3
  (theme 3) instead of Closing Theme. That is
  o.k. in a standard sonata form.
• Does the movement include the standard sonata
  form components?

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Analyze Dvoráks exposition
Exposition T1 B T2 T3

• T1s structure 4 phrases--question-answer-questi
  on-answer
• Can you distinguish between the question and
  answer phrases? (You MUST be able to do this.)
• T1s 4 short sections
• QuestionWhat instrument plays the melody?
• AnswerWhat instrument plays the melody?
• QuestionWhat instrument plays theme?
• AnswerWhat instrument plays the melody?
• What instrument plays T2s melody? _________
• Are T1 and T2 similar or dissimilar?
• Is their relationship standard?
• T3 is repeated
• First time--played by what instrument? _________
• Second timeplayed by what instruments? _____
• Can you distinguish between the three themes?
• If you have answered questions 1-6 and mastered
  item 7, go on to next slide.

T1Q
T1A
(Kamien calls the question phrase an arpeggio
motive.)
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Analyze Dvoráks development
Exposition Development (has 6 areas)
T1 B T2 T3 What? (T1a? T1b? T2?
T3?) How?
1 This development area has three short sections
(a, b, c). a Which theme? Which insts play
theme? b Which theme? Which insts play
theme? Devel device? c Which theme? What
percussion inst. is prominent?
T1Q
T1A
Hint These excerpts ARE NOT in the order that
Kamien lists them!
2 Which theme? Name 3 insts involved in this
excerpt.Which instruments play the theme?
3 Which theme?Which insts play the theme in
slower moving notes? Which insts play the theme
in much faster moving notes? What devel device
do the faster moving notes use?
EntireDevel

• Which theme?
• What insts. play melody? 1.___, 2. ___, 3. ___
• What devel devices?

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Analyze Dvoráks development
Exposition Development (has 6 areas)
T1 B T2 T3 What? T1a? T1b? T2? T3? How?
T1Q
T1A
5 Which theme? T1Q? T1A? T2? T3? Name the 3
different insts that play the theme __________,
__________, __________Which theme do the violins
play?What devel device are the violins using?
Hint These excerpts ARE NOT in the order that
Kamien lists them!
6 Devel area 6 has three short sections (a, b,
c). a Which theme? Which insts play theme?
b Which theme? Which insts play the theme
in slower moving notes? Which insts play
the theme in much faster moving notes? c
Which theme?
EntireDevel
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5

• Which theme does Dvorák NOT use in the
  development?____________________

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Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (From the New
World), mvt 1
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• Sonata form

Analyze the Recapitulation
Intro Exposition Development Recapitulation
Coda T1 B T2 T3 What? T1 T2 T3
How?
EntireRecap.
EntireDevel.
T1Q
T1A

• Review the Expositions themes.
• Listen to the Recapitulation and follow Kamiens
  log and/or use the ChartPlayer.
• Does the Recapitulation include all of the
  expositions components?
• Is the recapitulation standard?

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Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (From the New
World), mvt 1
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• Sonata form

Analyze the Coda
Intro Exposition Development Recapitulation
Coda T1 B T2 T3 What? T1 T2 T3
How?
EntireRecap.
T1Q
T1A
EntireDevel.

• Which theme does Dvorák in the first 10 seconds
  of the coda?
• a. Which inst play it first? (ChartPlayer 814)
• b. Which inst plays it next? (ChartPlayer 819)
• Which theme does Dvorák use near the end of the
  coda (42 seconds into it)? (ChartPlayer 856)

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Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (From the New
World), mvt 1
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• Sonata form

Listen to the Introduction
Intro Exposition Development Recapitulation
Coda T1 B T2 T3 What? T1 T2 T3
How?
EntireRecap.
EntireDevel.
T1Q
T1A

• Is the Introduction slower, faster, or the same
  tempo as the exposition?
• What instruments play the melody as the intro
  begins?
• Is it one of the Expositions themes?
• Which of the Expositions themes does Dvorák use
  in the Introduction? (ChartPlayer 123-134)

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Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (From the New
World), mvt 1
9

• 1. Listen to the entire movement and follow
  Kamiens analysis.
• 2. Consider the movement as a whole and decide
• Does this movement use a standard sonata form?
• If so, are there any unusual events or procedures
• OR
• Does this movement use a non-standard sonata
  form?
• If so, how does it differ from an average sonata
  form?

EntireMvt.
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Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (From the New
World), mvt 1
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• Explain why this symphony is an expression of
  exoticism and NOT nationalism.
• Explain how Dvorák unifies this four movement
  symphony. What is that process called?

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Log
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• Dvorák
• Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (From the New World),
  mvt 1
• Symphony
• I entire 4 movement symphony
• folk themes ? (what ism?)
• ? (what powerful unifier?)
• movement 1 sonata form

CD 3Tks 41-48